Dear Talmidot, Parents and Friends –

1)       This week at Midreshet Moriah

2)       Faculty Devar Torah – Ailie Schmulowitz

3)       Mazel Tovs

4)       Mi She-Berach List

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This Week at Midreshet

This week at Midreshet we have been feeling so much love and pride for the returning alumnae. Many Midmo alum's have chosen to spend their college vacations here, and we are so enjoying having them back in the Beis! Our Director of Alumnae Affairs, Michal Porat-Zibman, planned a week full of outings and shiurim, and the girls are taking advantage of these opportunities for inspiration and re-connection with Eretz Yisrael. So far girls have been to Kever Rachel with Michal and Rena Coren, heard a shiur at the Shalit tent which is right outside the Prime Minister's home and met Noam Shalit, Gilad's father afterwards, and expressed their solidarity and tefillot for Gilad's safe return. Special alumnae shiurim have been given in Midreshet by Rav Ron, Rav Eitan, Rabbi Lerner, Malka, Bracha, Ailie, and Vicky.

We look forward to more action next week as well!

Wednesday night we had our first ever Midreshet family Kumzits, led by Rena Coren, for all of our current students and visiting alumnae.  We heard Divrei Torah from a current shana aleph student, a shana bet student and an alumna. Thank you Rachel Lebovitz, Molly Geller and Ayelet Brecher for your inspiring words. And a special thanks to Rena Coren for this uplifting evening. All of the girls sat together on the floor, surrounded by candles and sang throughout the night. Everyone was treated to free Midreshet family t-shirts (designed by our very own Shevs Matanky) at the end, as an amazing memento from this event.

Meanwhile, our girls this week were also treated to...the course booklet for next semester! Everyone was so excited to see new classes being offered, while some favorites continue. We look forward to a productive, inspiring second semester, which will begin Thursday January 13th.

Pictures from our year can be seen at http://midreshetmoriah.com/pictures/

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Parshat Bo

No Riches Without Dignity

By Ailie Schmulowitz

"Daber-na be'ozney ha'am, veyish'alu ish me'et re'ehu ve'ishah me'et re'utah kley-chesef ucheley-zahav." Before they leave Mitzrayim, Hashem commands Bnei Yisrael to each "request of his fellow, and each woman from her fellow, silver vessels and gold vessels" (Shmot 11:2). Hashem had promised Avraham in the Brit Bein Ha-betarim that after all the years of slavery, Bnei Yisrael would leave bi-rchush gadol (with great wealth). If so, why did Bnei Yisrael need to ask –  why didn't Hashem give Bnei Yisael the r’chush freely? Surely, it would have been simple to impose another plague of darkness, during which Bnei Yisrael could then run into the houses and take whatever they desired. Why ask?

The Rashash proposes a phenomenal answer to this question: He explains that, had Bnei Yisrael gotten the r’chush through a miracle, it is true that they would now be wealthy, but they would not have gotten back their self-esteem. Being slaves for 400 years had eroded their self-respect. Before Hashem took them out of Mitzrayim, therefore, He wanted them to regain it. It was therefore crucial that the possessions come directly from their masters, who oppressed and tortured them.

Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald adds that Bnei Yisrael’s asking for the r’chush from the Egyptians is to be looked at as a therapeutic exercise. By forcing Bnei Yisrael to boldly confront their former taskmasters, Hashem was hoping to rid the people of their "slave mentality." Building up the courage to request the r’chush from their masters, the former slaves are gaining back the self-esteem that they lost over the years.

It wasn’t enough to leave as a rich people; they needed to also be a people with pride. Ha-Kadosh Baruch Hu commanded that we ask the Egyptians for payment face to face, for with the payment, we received also our dignity.

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Mazel Tov 

Engagements:

Batsheva Chapman (06-07) and Moshe Broder

Tova Kahn (05-06) and Daniel Buckingholtz

Itta Remer (08-09, 09-10) and Meir Graff

Yhi ratzon shetivnu bayit ne'eman bYisrael

Birth:

Amy (Golding) (04-05) and Nathan Hopstein 

Yhi ratzon shetizku lgadla lTorah lChupa ulMa'asim tovim.

Birth:

Tammy (Toledano) (04-05) and Yitzi Hammer 

Yhi ratzon shetizku lgadlo lTorah lChupa ulMa'asim tovim. Kshem shenichnas lBrit kein yikanes lTorah lChupah ulMa'asim tovim.

Please help us stay informed - http://midreshetmoriah.org/send-mazaltov.asp 

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Mi SheBerach List

**** Due to the length of the list we started a NEW list.  Please email midmoriah@gmail.com if there is a name you would like to add or remove!  

Shilo Ariel b-n Hadas Tziviah (toddler with brain tumor and metastases in his spine)

Adi bat Zahavit (twin baby who is sick)

Reut bat Zahavit (twin baby who is sick)

Chaim Yissachar ben Chaya Mushkit (26 year old with 2 children, leukemia)

Shraga Feivel ben Sasha

Ari ben Rivka (young husband with brain tumor)

Inbal bat Nelya

Zacharia Kalman HaCohen ben Yael Margalit

Shai Ben Meital - 4 yr old with brain damage and seizures

Aviva Miriam bat Esther - 7 month old baby with cancer going through chemo

Tzipora Fayga Bat Sima Shaindel- 33 year old mother of 3 with Leukemia(9/19/2010)

Ester bat Rivka- baby undergoing treatment for rare heart condition (9/19/2010)

Tzvi Ilan ben Gita (8/12/2010)

Chaya Tziporah Sheva bat Faiga (8/12/2010)

Chisha Bayla bat Miriam

Chaya Meira Mindel bat Chava Golda - Midreshet alumna with cancer

Refael ben Nomi- 10 month old baby who has meningitis

Avraham ben Elka (5/21/10)

Rivka Bracha bat Yehudit - mother of 6 with cancer, doing better BH

Rivka Margalit bat Ita - 12 year old girl with a brain tumor (5/27/2010)

Rachel bat Re-ayah - mother of 7 with cancer that has spread

Batya Leah bat Sara - cancer

Noa Chaya bat Nava Yehudit - baby

Yehuda Moshe Yosef ben Miriam

Rayzel bat Rifka

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Midreshet Moriah

The Educational Wing

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

P.O. Box 3235, Jerusalem, Israel

tel: 972-2-652-7449 fax: 972-2-651-1524

www.midreshetmoriah.com

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